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Molecular mechanisms underlying anti-inflammatory phenotype of neonatal splenic macrophages.
Journal of leukocyte biology - 1 Aug 2007
Chelvarajan Lakshman, Popa Diana, Liu Yushu, Getchell Thomas V, Stromberg Arnold J, Bondada Subbarao
Abstract excerpt
Neonatal humans and rodents are susceptible to infection with encapsulated bacteria as a result of an inability to make antibodies to capsular polysaccharides. This is partly a result of decreased production of proinflammatory cytokines by splenic macrophages (MPhi) from neonates. In this study, we show that when stimulated with a variety of agonists to TLR2, -4, and -9, neonatal MPhi make less proinflammatory...
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